June 2022

Features

Why William Barton is in demand as both composer and didge player.
by Steve Dow

Mary Finsterer on her new opera Antarctica, which premieres in Amsterdam.
by Jeremy Eccles

Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake hits the big time.
by Deborah Jones

Why does music make us feel so good?
by Dr Anita Collins

Soundings

Jack Liebeck
by Paul Ballam-Cross
Interview

On The Record
by Clive Paget
Recordings

Cutting Edge
by Paul Ballam-Cross
New Music

Kunstkamer
by Jansson J. Antmann
Dance

Fugitive
by Diana Simmonds
Books

Maigret
by Lynden Barber
Film

In the Limelight

Newsworthy
A round-up of our recent news reports

Wind of change at Opera Australia
Op-ed by Peter Tregear

On Stage
The buzz around live performance

On Air & Online
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming

Coda

Kicking the bucket
There are so many euphemisms for dying, but we will only be truly dead when everyone who knew us has ‘passed on’.
Guy Noble’s Soapbox

The Érard Piano
Stephanie McCallum explains why she fell for the pianos from the workshop of French instrument maker Sébastien Érard.
Playing up

Putting opera patrons out to pasture
It’s time for ageing audiences to put their demands for old-fashioned opera out to pasture.
Sacred Cow

Jenna Breen
A horn player for the Seattle Symphony, she tells us about joining the Australian World Orchestra for the first time and becoming a pilot.
5 Questions

Meow Meow
The international siren and comedienne extraordinaire reveals the music that runs through her veins, and the thrill she gets singing with a full orchestra.
My Music

Extra Content

Contributors

Publisher
Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd

Editor
Jo Litson

CEO
Cara Anderson

Designer
Tristan Main

Deputy Editor
Hugh Robertson

Editor-at-Large
Clive Paget

Sales Manager
Carla Bird
PHONE (02) 8599 4205 OR EMAIL FOR ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES.

Subscriptions & Operations Manager
William Jeffery

Digital Content & Communications Manager
Michael Kaufmann

Contributors
Jansson J. Antmann, Paul Ballam-Cross, Lynden Barber, Peter Berner, Anita Collins, Steve Dow, Jeremy Eccles, Deborah Jones, Stephanie McCallum, Meow Meow, Justine Nguyen, Guy Noble, Diana Simmonds, Peter Tregear

© 2022 Limelight Arts Media
No material may be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher. Licensing Details.

The July 2022 issue of Limelight will be available online from 20 June.